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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 427 

Expressing support for designation of May 29, 2014, as a national day 

of remembrance honoring the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 

the 35th President of the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2013 

Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. 

DELAURO, Mr. HIMES, Ms. ESTY, Mr. NEAL, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. 

TSONGAS, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. KEATING, Ms. 

PINGREE of Maine, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. 

CICILLINE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. MORAN, Mr. 

CONNOLLY, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, and Mr. 

KING of New York) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for designation of May 29, 2014, as 

a national day of remembrance honoring the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of 

the United States. 

Whereas President Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, in 

Brookline, Massachusetts; 

Whereas he served his country honorably in World War II, 

in the Navy, narrowly escaping death in 1943 when his 

PT boat was sunk by a destroyer; 


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Whereas he bravely led survivors to safety, despite his own 

grave injuries and was awarded the Navy and Marine 

Corps Medal, as well as a Purple Heart, for his leadership and courage; 

Whereas he heeded the call to public service and was elected 

to serve Massachusetts’ 11th Congressional District in 

1946, and served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives; 

Whereas then-Congressman Kennedy would promote the interests of his working class district by serving on the distinguished Committees on Education, the District of Columbia, and the Joint Committee on Labor-Management 

Relations, and as a House Member, introducing legislation to support primary and secondary education, 

strengthening employment protections, and protecting 

housing rights for returning veterans; 

Whereas he was then elected to serve in the U.S. Senate in 

1952 and served two terms, representing the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts; 

Whereas then-Senator Kennedy served on the Committees for 

Labor and Public Welfare, Government Operations, Foreign Relations, and the Joint Economic Committee; 

Whereas he authored Profiles in Courage to tell the stories 

of political leaders who defied public opinion in order to 

vote their conscience and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize 

for biography in 1957; 

Whereas he was then elected President of the United States 

in 1960, being the youngest person elected to our Nation’s highest office; 


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Whereas he led the way for Catholic-Americans to achieve the 

highest office in the land as the first Catholic President 

of the United States; 

Whereas in his inaugural address, he challenged the Nation 

and its citizens to, ‘‘Ask not what your country can do 

for you—ask what you can do for your country’’, and 

asked the nations of the world to come together to fight 

the ‘‘common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, 

and war itself’’; 

Whereas the President understood the importance of service 

to others, and that the strength of the United States 

rests not in its military prowess, but in its generosity to 

our neighbors across the globe, he sent young Americans 

out to serve the world in the first generation of Peace 

Corps volunteers; 

Whereas the President sought to make good on the 100-yearold promise of the Civil War by finally bringing true 

equality to all Americans through a Civil Rights Act; 

Whereas the President strove to make the United States of 

America the most technologically advanced country on 

Earth, and in doing so inspired an entire generation of 

young people to reach for the stars, by putting us on the 

path to sending a man to the moon; 

Whereas we also honor the Kennedy family for their commitment to the Nation and the generations they inspired to 

also enter into public service; and 

Whereas May 29, 2014, would be an appropriate date for a 

national day of remembrance in honor of John Fitzgerald 

Kennedy: Now, therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports 

2 the designation of a national day of remembrance in honor 

3 of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. 

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